This is a column by Wanda Lloyd, a retired newspaper editor and author of “COMING Full CIRCLE: From Jim Crow to Journalism.” Whilst viewing the Senate hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Courtroom, something besides the federal judge’s responses to tough, often combative questions stood out: Her hairstyle of option, […]
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Lawmakers urged to prohibit discrimination based on natural hairstyles
Members of the Maine Legislature’s Judiciary Committee listen to testimony Friday about the proposed measure to bar hairstyle discrimination. Screenshot from video AUGUSTA — Lawmakers are weighing a proposal to ban discrimination based mostly on hairstyles or texture, an challenge of distinct issue to persons with African ancestry. “We often […]